[ESS] ESS, install.packages() in R, and Windows

[James W. MacDonald]

The easiest fix for this is to add the following to your .Rprofile file:

local({r <- getOption("repos")
        r["CRAN"] <- "http://www.biometrics.mtu.edu/CRAN"
        options(repos=r)})

The URL should be for a close CRAN mirror -- mine just happens to be 
Michigan Tech.

Best,

Jim



Tim Hesterberg wrote:
> Correction, Nilsson wrote on 12/19/05.  There are 19 followup messages
> that same day in the archives, but no solution, only a few additional
> workarounds.  It was suggested that the bug is in R, not ESS.
> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/ess-help/2005-December/003075.html
> 
> Tim
> 
>> Henric Nilsson wrote on 12/19/07:
>>> I'm using Emacs 22.0.50.1 (CVS 2005-12-14), ESS 5.2.11 and R 2.2.0 under
>>> Windows 2000.
>>>
>>> If I do a `install.packages()', `packageStatus()' or something similar
>>> that spawns a window, the process just hangs. However, if I've
>>> "initialized" R first by e.g. `chooseCRANmirror(graphics = FALSE)' or
>>> `plot(0, 0)' everything works nicely.
>> This occurs for me too, on Windows, emacs 22.1.1, ess 5.3.6, R 2.6.1.
>> Both fixes work; the chooseCRANmirror uses menu() in the *R* buffer 
>> immediately, while giving plot() results in a non-emacs pop-up when
>> I call available.packages()
>>
>> Also, the second time is a charm; in a new R session, if I do 
>> 	temp <- available.packages()
>> the first time R hangs; I can exit this using C-c C-c.
>> If I try again in the same session it works; a non-emacs window pops
>> up with a list of mirrors.
>>
>> The problem does not occur on Linux, emacs 21.3.1, ess 5.3.6, R 2.5.1.
>> In this case the list is presented using R's menu() command.
>> I undoubtedly have ess configured differently for linux than Windows,
>> can provide details on request.
>>
>> Tim Hesterberg
> 
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